HAMMOND – A Burlington man who once operated pain management clinics in North-Central Indiana has agreed to a nearly $1.7 million settlement to resolve accusations of fraud against the Indiana Medicaid program.
The settlement, announced Wednesday by U.S. Attorney Adam L. Mildred, ends a civil battle that has spanned nearly a decade. Don J. Wagoner, 89, and his entity, Wagoner Medical Center, L.L.C., were accused of systematically overbilling the state for simple drug tests.
According to federal court documents, between 2011 and 2013, the Wagoner Medical Center required patients seeking opioid prescriptions to provide urine samples. Investigators found that the clinic used a simple, all-in-one “multiplex” screening kit that cost the business only $10 to process…